Horrendous Definition & Meaning
horrendous
- adjective
- causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
"Horrendous" in song lyrics
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"Yo, I'm living life tremendous, stupendous, horrendous"
Omniscence — Amazin' (3 Boyz From Newark Street Mix) -
"And they define grimey when they get horrendous"
Skyzoo — Mirror Mirror -
"The emptiness is endless, entire existence horrendous"
Vents — No Rest for the Wicked
Words that rhyme with horrendous
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- What does horrendous mean?
- causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
- What part of speech is horrendous?
- Horrendous is an adjective.